bitch slapn.
/ˈbɪtʃ slap/, U.S. /ˈbɪtʃ ˌslæp/ slang (originally U.S.).
A stinging slap or blow, esp. one delivered to humiliate a person regarded as inferior. Also figurative.Recorded earliest as a modifier.
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the mind > emotion > humility > humiliation > [noun] > instance of
humiliation1526
snub1748
set-down1780
squabash1818
a slap in (or on) the face, in the eye, on the wrist1861
throwdown1887
put-down1932
a kick in the pants1933
ass-kicking1943
a kick in the teeth1972
bitch slap1987
the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > hard or vigorous striking > a hard or vigorous blow
rackc1300
pelta1540
sparring-blowa1690
racket1710
whack1737
skite1825
slogger1829
slug1830
swinger1836
slog1846
crump1850
bitch slap1987
1987 in ‘Guns N' Roses’ Appetite for Destr. (CD sleeve notes) With your bitch slap rappin' and your cocaine tongue you get nothin' done.
1994 San Antonio (Texas) Express-News (Electronic ed.) 2 Aug. Aldrich hit him in the head with his pistol. He called it a ‘bitch slap’ on the tape.
2003 Independent (Nexis) 3 Oct. 15 If I were Ja Rule, subject of the round-robin bitch-slap by Obie, Eminem and Dr Dre in ‘Shit Hits the Fan’, I'd be taking a long holiday about now.
2020 Variety (Nexis) 31 Jan. Ru instructs everybody on how to do the perfect bitch slap.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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